Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 We were glad to reach Rangoon which at that time of the year , early March , was very hot , and so Pop sent us up to Taungin-in the Shan States where we stayed with a delightful elderly American missionary , Miss Hughes .
2 The friend is called Bobby and he lives in a slum near the city centre .
3 Dr Jaffery and I passed by a cluster of black-chadored ladies spooning ice cream under their veils .
4 I had been very naive when we started out in Rotherham and it came as a shock to me to realize that not everyone can see the justness of a just cause .
5 Richard and he spent about a month here " punishing the rebels as each deserved " .
6 ONCE upon a time there was a postman called Pat and he lived in a village called Greendale , along with his black and white cat , Jess .
7 I have a Stern Cabin eleven feet by twelve principally for the comfort of Mrs. G. and one adjoining of a smaller size .
8 It.starred this kid called Ed Byrnes and he sat in a Ford Thunderbird or Chevrolet and he combed his hair like this , and he said , ‘ Hi-ya chick , howd'ya like to take a three-hundred horse power plunge into the landscape ? ’
9 He expected to be patronized by Lady Grubb because he came from a lower class , about which he did n't generally care tuppence , but when he saw her effect on Algy he found it more difficult than usual to be ribald about it .
10 Whoever gunned Mahoney while he lay in a hospital bed need have no pipe dreams about Murder Two or other lesser charge .
11 It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister .
12 ‘ It 's getting popular , ’ said Markby as they squeezed into a corner settle near the fire .
13 TSB invite readers to attend Saturday 's local County finals , which take place at the Bebington Oval , to cheer on Merseyside 's budding Christies and Gunnells as they fight for a place in the Merseyside team .
14 Kylie fever has sent the temperature soaring and thousands camp out to catch a glimpse of Kylie when she appears as a guest on DJ Simon Mayo 's Radio One Roadshow .
15 Police grab Roberts as he leans in a window to talk
16 Her real name is Karen and she comes from a wealthy family in the south of England .
17 You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ?
18 ‘ Whoa there , lass , ’ said Jake as they came to a halt .
19 The superstar took over the lakeside complex at Snagov as he prepares for a sell-out concert in Bucharest tomorrow .
20 Ombudsman : Third parties — neighbours et al — can not appeal to the DoE if they disagree with a planning decision .
21 A favourite place was Newbeggin-in-Teesdale where they stayed at a farm and where he learned to ride .
22 Chairman I have an amendment to that motion , because , because I believe it 's important that we start to identify a lot of councils publish at the end of the year for public consumption a list of the allowances drawn by members , and I think that would be very useful and I would make , as an amendment , I would , would add to the proposal put by Mr that we call for a report to be pu er , to be presented to us of the amounts of allowances drawn by members , each member
23 Deputy head teacher and policeman 's son Keith Cotgrave told 700 people mourning the murder of Sergeant Bill Forth that he died from a ‘ deep sense of duty ’ .
24 He competed in the early rounds of the ASP contests , but ten to fifteen feet was a millpond for Bradshaw and he sank like a stone .
25 The East Anglian telephone service is located in Cambridge and anyone living within a 30-mile radius of Cambridge may use the ‘ Freefone CAB ’ without charge .
26 He was the one who had asked Werewolf if he played in a band , and the one I 'd seen being ticked off by Cawthorne .
27 In the summer of 1888 he took his family on holiday to Bournemouth and there died of a heart attack , 30 August 1888 , frustrating his desire to retire to Kirchhosbach when his children 's education was complete .
28 And by the way , I 'm coming in Monday because I come on a Thursday normally
29 I 'll speak to Bonard before we go about a refund for tomorrow and Friday . ’
30 He could be granted a free transfer by FIFA when they adjudicate within a fortnight .
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